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    I don't know how to proceed from here

    I am a 55 year old female who had a hysterectomy 3 years ago (I still have one ovary). Since September 2015: * 3 level acdf Sept. 2015 with routine recovery * Soon after acdf, started having non-specific but severe tooth pain in my upper left molars. Dental xrays were normal. Tap test was not...
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    Surgery

    I wished to GOD that I had never had the surgery on my left shoulder. The pain is 10 times worse than it was before the surgery. I take 200 MG a day of tramadol and it doesn't even begin to touch the pain. My PCP won't give me anymore than that. The last time I talked to the surgeon that did...
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    Foot problems

    Experts believe that 1 in 4 fibro patients have foot pain but most don't get treatment. Some problems like Mortons neuroma, a benign enlargement of the nerve that causes a tingling and shooting pain between the third and fourth toes is worsened by fibro. It can be treated with cortisone shots or...
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    So down

    I am so down today. I told my husband I am physically, emotionally, and mentally tired. Everything thing hurts even my butt cheeks. I was thinking that the medication I was on was finally starting to help with the depression but today I'm not so sure. Maybe I'm just having a bad day. I...
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    Compression stockings for Fibromyalgia

    New aids continue to be developed to make life more tolerable to fibromyalgia patients. An example is the U Comfort pillow. Another aid for fibro patients is the compression stockings or socks, a type of hosiery to improve circulation in the feet or lower leg. They are beneficial in people after...
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    Constant unwanted advice and comments about Fibro

    Hi.Im new on here so hello to everyone. I'm not sure if this was the right place to post this but it seemed appropriate being the thread for venting. i have been speaking to a friend. My friends daughter is not at all sympathetic or understanding about Fibro and believes her friends Fibro is in...
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    New member, 27 years after diagnosis, and struggling

    I'm so glad I found this site! I was diagnosed in 1989. At that meeting, the rheumatologist who gave me this diagnosis (I had absolutely no knowledge of fibro) said "Some people go on to live their lives, and others aren't able to ever get out of bed again." I decided I would belong to the...
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    New member from Edinburgh, Scotland

    Hello from a v.cold Edinburgh:rolleyes::rolleyes: I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 2011but i would say symptoms were appearing 2008 after major surgery. I have been in great pain every single day since 2011. Being diagnosed this after enduring breast cancer in 2010 and still going through...
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    Tramadol

    Does anyone on this forum take Tramadol for depression purposes? If so, does it help and what MG do you take. I was on Cymbalta which treats depression and fibro but it was working for the depression so he took me off and started me on something new leaving me with nothing to treat the fibro...
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    ladies stuff

    changed my mind about this post
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